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Sussex Police Raid Flat In Glasgow In Relation To Smash EDO Demo

Glasgow Anarchist | 31.07.2008 09:43 | Smash EDO

Sussex police this morning carried out a raid on the home of ttwo Glasgow anarchists in relation to the Smash EDO demo in Brighton earlier this year.



At ten past seven this morning Sussex police accompanied by Strathclyde police entered and searched a flat occupied by two Anarchists living in Glasgow. Five Sussex police officers and an unknown number of Strathclyde officers searched the premesis for one of the occupants who they wanted in relation to the Smash EDO demo earlier this year, much to their dissapointment the anarchist was not in. They then proceeded to search the property and seize property belonging to both anarchists.

Alongside personal effects the police also seized a bundle of copies of Resistance the monthly Bulletin of the Anarchist Federation, copies of Class War newspaper and a large pile of copies of the popular Glasgow anarchist paper the Anarchist Critic/Malicious Mischief. They also took items relating to the Unity Centre, Faslane Peace Camp and the Climate Camp.

They also searched through computers in the flat.

Glasgow Anarchist

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Warrant

31.07.2008 18:59

They had a warrant issued by an English court that was then Ok'd by a Scottish Sheriff. First time I or anyone I have asked has heard of a cross border search warrant.

raidee(is that a word?)

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Powers Used?

31.07.2008 17:53

Out of interest, what powers did they use (or claim to be using) when they gained entry? I doubt they were invited in...

Did they have a warrant?

Sympathiser

On contraband etc, best advice

01.08.2008 17:39

When my house has been raided I haven't publicised here, mostly because I suspect related collectives of being behind the raids Still, I'd like to convey my experiences. For a start, asking for warrants is mostly counterproductive. If they have more than four officers then it is more than likely that they already have a warrant - raids do have to be approved. So by negotiating with them you can make it easier on your self and those that you live with. The cops who raided my home said, and proved, they didn't belive the allegations against me. So I permitted them to search my house on the understanding that they would only prosecute me if they found evidence of the crime they were pretending to be there for. To spell that out, they agreed to - and actually did- ignore several obvious things I could be imprisoned for just now simply because it wasn't what they were searching for. and yet I have since confirmed they could have raided me without my permission.

So don't be scared of the cops raids necessarily even if you are a druggie anarchist with a history. The cops will have been sent to your house for one reason only, whatever that reason is. If that reason isn't shameful, talk to them. Offer them free entry to search for that reason if they promise they won't prosecute you for anything else they find. It is either that or come out shooting nowadays.

Most cops are working class people who loathe the infotmers whose information they are obliged to act on. I say that as an anarchist, and as someone who couldn't have resisted five cops at once without making a verbal connection to them.

The real villians lie behind the cops. They merit less understanding.

Danny